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news of lance lance armstrong's confession is just coming out. >> this was a personal note from lance for my son. >> reporter: lance armstrong's doctor objected. his confession hasn't changed his perspective. >> he created one of the bigger foundations in the world for cancer. you can never take that away from him. >> he created a cancer foundation. it raised $1.3 million since 2005. today lance armstrong apologized to former livestrong staffers. >> his supporters, they have dropped him, lance armstrong, but they have not dropped sponsoring livestrong. i think that is the sentiment of a lot of people. >> the fact he came back from death to do that is asounding. -- astounding. >> reporter: he says the pressure to perform pressurers athletes to -- pressures athletes to make it happen. he stands by the biggest name. >> he should be regardedads a very important -- regarded as a very important icon. >> the dream was pretty -- too good to be true. >> reporter: the interview with oprah winfrey is expected to air later this week. jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> 10erants vowing to sta
news of lance lance armstrong's confession is just coming out. >> this was a personal note from lance for my son. >> reporter: lance armstrong's doctor objected. his confession hasn't changed his perspective. >> he created one of the bigger foundations in the world for cancer. you can never take that away from him. >> he created a cancer foundation. it raised $1.3 million since 2005. today lance armstrong apologized to former livestrong staffers. >> his supporters,...
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armstrong. >> lance armstrong just confirmed his tour de france win. >> reporter: the icon who transcended sport, hung around with movie stars and world leaders, the one who told the world year after year that he was clean and anyone who said otherwise was just out to get him. >> i have never doped. i've never taken performance-enhancing drugs. my best defense is i've never tested positive. >> reporter: he didn't just lie to reporters, fans, sponsors, and even cancer survivors, he lied under oath, too. >> how many times do i have to say it? >> i just want to make sure your testimony is clear. >> if it can't be any clearer that i've never taken drugs. >> reporter: along way, armstrong's great lie left a trail of human collateral damage. people who went from friend to enemy the minute they threatened to expose him. >> it's a long time coming. i think it's steph. >> reporter: frankie andreu was his best friend and teammate until he and his wife testified they heard him admit he took drugs. armstrong went on the attack, accusing frankie and betsy of lying. >> she said in her deposition she hat
armstrong. >> lance armstrong just confirmed his tour de france win. >> reporter: the icon who transcended sport, hung around with movie stars and world leaders, the one who told the world year after year that he was clean and anyone who said otherwise was just out to get him. >> i have never doped. i've never taken performance-enhancing drugs. my best defense is i've never tested positive. >> reporter: he didn't just lie to reporters, fans, sponsors, and even cancer...
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i've spoken to people close to lance armstrong. they said that's the primary reason for coming forward, is that he wants to be a competitive triathlete. all of those events are controlled by usada. yet, usada has said, if you want to come back in, you need to actually admit that that our 15 years of research into your past, you need to admit that the people who testified under oath that you bullied them, you need to say that's true. he actually, instead of that, he drew a line last night with oprah winfrey and said, no, it's not true. i did not bully people into doing anything they didn't want to do. i may have bullied people who accused me of things, which doesn't make him very sympathetic, but i didn't do anything in terms of facilitating doping in cycling. i think that's what's going to trip him up going forward. >> all right. stick around. we're going to come back a little later in the program and talk to you about the manti te'o hoax. thanks. >>> other news overseas in north africa. we're learning more details about the hostag
i've spoken to people close to lance armstrong. they said that's the primary reason for coming forward, is that he wants to be a competitive triathlete. all of those events are controlled by usada. yet, usada has said, if you want to come back in, you need to actually admit that that our 15 years of research into your past, you need to admit that the people who testified under oath that you bullied them, you need to say that's true. he actually, instead of that, he drew a line last night with...
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lance armstrong comes clean. reports say the disgraced cyclist confessed to oprah winfrey that he was doping during a storied career that included a record seven tour de france titles. that interview will air thursday on winfrey's own network. >>> the aurora, colorado, movie theater where people were killed during a midnight massacre in july is set to reopen on thursday. before it does, victims and their families will are be allowed to privately visit the complex today and tomorrow. thursday's reopening is built as a night of remembrance. some 2,000 tickets will be given to victims, first responders, hospital workers, and volunteers. >> and just a month after the school shootings that sparked a nationwide debate over gun control, listen to this, the national rifle soes yeassociati released a new app for smartphones. it's called nra gun range. it went up on sunday. according to the itunes' description it includes 3-d shooti shooting. >>> a 12-year-old boy in southern california has been found responsible for the m
lance armstrong comes clean. reports say the disgraced cyclist confessed to oprah winfrey that he was doping during a storied career that included a record seven tour de france titles. that interview will air thursday on winfrey's own network. >>> the aurora, colorado, movie theater where people were killed during a midnight massacre in july is set to reopen on thursday. before it does, victims and their families will are be allowed to privately visit the complex today and tomorrow....
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it's always about winning for lance armstrong. even the confessions now is about winning, because he wants to rehabilitate the image and compete once again. you can't blame him for that. but again you see it's something that is a plan that has been put together by his team. >> the fact that he was raising a lot of money for cancer and has done a lot of good things for people, was this his justification for his operation, the way his behavior and the way he was competing and cheating and lying? >> again, we have to give him credit that he wanted to help other people but in many ways that becomes a rationalization. we use that as a way to shield ourselves from the cold, hard truth that perhaps we are cold and hard by doing these things that may not be from the heart but to help us as far as the public perception. >> personally, does he need rehabilitation? >> this is a man who i truly believe needs to feel what's inside. i think he has locked out a lot of those emotions, a lot of feelings, brought in his own hype about winning. that
it's always about winning for lance armstrong. even the confessions now is about winning, because he wants to rehabilitate the image and compete once again. you can't blame him for that. but again you see it's something that is a plan that has been put together by his team. >> the fact that he was raising a lot of money for cancer and has done a lot of good things for people, was this his justification for his operation, the way his behavior and the way he was competing and cheating and...
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it's always about winning for lance armstrong. even the confessions now is about winning, because he wants
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but, look, he's lance armstrong. what he wanted was the cover of "newsweek." he wanted a prominent -- someone prominent in the world of sports to come to his defense because as we all saw last night, lance is a clinical, classic narcissist who really only cares about himself. so he didn't care about me. he cared about getting what he could out of me, but, you know, journalists go through this all the time, and i bought it, and i'm embarrassed. >> dave, you wrote that what he's trying to do now is the equivalent of riding a bike through the eye of a needle. well, we watched half of it. we'll see the rest of it tonight perhaps. did he succeed? >> no, he didn't succeed at all, and he didn't succeed on either front, and that's the key point here is that he had to do two different things that were very different, very divergent, and he failed at both. this is what he had to do. first, he had to show the united states anti-doping agency that he was contrite, that he was serious about taking their findings as the new law of the land. that their findings about him wer
but, look, he's lance armstrong. what he wanted was the cover of "newsweek." he wanted a prominent -- someone prominent in the world of sports to come to his defense because as we all saw last night, lance is a clinical, classic narcissist who really only cares about himself. so he didn't care about me. he cared about getting what he could out of me, but, you know, journalists go through this all the time, and i bought it, and i'm embarrassed. >> dave, you wrote that what he's...
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you wrote, "i was diluted to believe lance armstrong when he denied doping." that's what you're saying now. but what was it, when you wrote that article, so late, so many people were saying, maybe it's not true, why did you still believe him? >> i really thought he was a hero. to me, the premise i took was this. people were saying he was blood doping, he'd been blood doping throughout all the tour de frances that he won all seven of them. i'm sure that was true, but that sport was so rife with doping, so rife with cheating, so rife with the use of performance enhancers, i said, all right, if that's all they have, then he basically is equaling the playing field. he overcame cancer, which is an incredible story. he starts this foundation, livestrong, which is really, really doing great work on behalf of millions of cancer survivors. so, i -- you know, look, at the end of the day, it was my fault, but i do cringe when i see that cover. it's embarrassing, and i said, i believe in him, he's a hero, and just leave him alone. because it did seem like a witch hunt for
you wrote, "i was diluted to believe lance armstrong when he denied doping." that's what you're saying now. but what was it, when you wrote that article, so late, so many people were saying, maybe it's not true, why did you still believe him? >> i really thought he was a hero. to me, the premise i took was this. people were saying he was blood doping, he'd been blood doping throughout all the tour de frances that he won all seven of them. i'm sure that was true, but that sport...
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. >>> is lance armstrong still holding on to secrets? >> he did not come clean in the manner that i expected. it was surprising to me. >> what does oprah mean that she was surprised and that he didn't come clean? more on lance's so-called admission that he was doping and now the justice department is considering joining a lawsuit against lance armstrong. >>> plus, why democratic senator chuck schumer now says he is ready to support former republican senator chuck hagel for defense secretary and what that means for hagel's chances of confirmation. >>> and the first lady teams up with the world's largest retailer to put veterans back to work. details on what the first lady calls walmart's historic and groundbreaking plan. >>> and you can join our conversation on twitter. my twitter page is @tamronhall and you can reach my team. ♪ many hot dogs are within you. try pepto-bismol to-go, it's the power of pepto, but it fits in your pocket. now tell the world daniel... of pepto-bismol to-go. now tell the world daniel... excuse me, sir i'm gonn
. >>> is lance armstrong still holding on to secrets? >> he did not come clean in the manner that i expected. it was surprising to me. >> what does oprah mean that she was surprised and that he didn't come clean? more on lance's so-called admission that he was doping and now the justice department is considering joining a lawsuit against lance armstrong. >>> plus, why democratic senator chuck schumer now says he is ready to support former republican senator chuck...
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fired up about this whole lance armstrong interview. i think she's more interested in it than lance is. dagen: that is the problem actually because he doesn't care. connell: did he save his brand or did he cause more problems? more on that coming up. dagen: there is no image to save after that. and the governor of nebraska wants to dump the states income tax. you heard me right. take a look at the world currency and how it is holding up against the dollar. [ woman ] if you have the audacity to believe your financial advisor should focus on your long-term goals, not their short-term agenda. [ male announcer ] join the nearly 7 million investors who think like you do. face time and think time make a difference. at edward jones, it's how we make sense of investing. i took my son fishing every year. we had a great spot, not easy to find, but worth it. but with copd making it hard to breathe, i thought those days might be over. so my doctor prescribed symbicort. it helps significantly improve my lung function starting within five minutes. sy
fired up about this whole lance armstrong interview. i think she's more interested in it than lance is. dagen: that is the problem actually because he doesn't care. connell: did he save his brand or did he cause more problems? more on that coming up. dagen: there is no image to save after that. and the governor of nebraska wants to dump the states income tax. you heard me right. take a look at the world currency and how it is holding up against the dollar. [ woman ] if you have the audacity to...
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plus the lance armstrong interview. he's denied he doped for years. >> sick and tired of these allegations. they are absolutely untrue. >> the support gave him the boot. >> lance armstrong has no place in cycling. >> now and for the first time lance armstrong says he's opening up about what really happened. >>> and hundreds of people hunting giant snakes. >> the species of the day is ber mes python. >> i have a machete and side arm. >> man verses python in the florida everglades. >> breaking news with lance armstrong. first president obama still supports an assault weapons ban. he admits it may not make it through congress. the president head a news conference and said the ban is one idea he is considering after a list of recommendations from joe biden. it includes legislative proposals and by himself using his presidential powers without the congress. he put them in charge of the gun violence task force after the massacre in newtown. one month from today a mab killed 26 people including 20 first graders. the president
plus the lance armstrong interview. he's denied he doped for years. >> sick and tired of these allegations. they are absolutely untrue. >> the support gave him the boot. >> lance armstrong has no place in cycling. >> now and for the first time lance armstrong says he's opening up about what really happened. >>> and hundreds of people hunting giant snakes. >> the species of the day is ber mes python. >> i have a machete and side arm. >> man...
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>> let's not even talk about lance armstrong and tigers woods and these individuals. what about the enormous sports stories that have to do with abuse of all kinds of children. sports it is news now. i think these kinds of stories need to be gone after with the kind of journalistic professionalism and ethics that we hope quote/unquote real stores they go after. now they have a blog 24 hours a day, and maybe due diligence is a thing of the past. >> jennifer: that's a frightening statement right there. you're blogging and preempting due diligence. that's a comment on journalism. robert thompson, thank you for joining us. professor of media and pop culture studies at syracuse university. >>> up next, american ingenuity used for this monday morning current tv presents special coverage of the presidential inauguration. the circumstance & the inside analysis. the presidential inauguration this monday morning at 10 eastern only on current tv. [ ryon ] eating shrimp at red lobster is a fantastic experience. 30 shrimp for $11.99. i can't imagine anything better. you're getting
>> let's not even talk about lance armstrong and tigers woods and these individuals. what about the enormous sports stories that have to do with abuse of all kinds of children. sports it is news now. i think these kinds of stories need to be gone after with the kind of journalistic professionalism and ethics that we hope quote/unquote real stores they go after. now they have a blog 24 hours a day, and maybe due diligence is a thing of the past. >> jennifer: that's a frightening...
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does lance armstrong deserve a second chance around? tweet me @thomasaroberts or find me on facebook. [ male announcer ] this is sheldon, whose long dy setting up the news starts with arthritis pain and a choice. take tylenol or take aleve, the #1 recommended pain reliever by orthopedic doctors. just two aleve can keep pain away all day. back to the news. >>> so it is the interview heard around the world, lance armstrong finally admitting his cycling career was built on doping and deceit. he confessed to using performance-enhancing drugs in a one-on-one interview with oprah winfrey. >> did you ever take banned substances to enhance your cycling performance? >> yes. >> yes or no, was one of those banned substances epo? >> yes. >> did you ever blood dope or use blood transfusions to enhance your cycling performance? >> yes. >> did you ever use any other banned substances like testosterone, cortisone or human growth hormone? >> yes. >> yes or no, in all seven of your tour de france victories, did you ever take banned substances or blood do
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no, lance armstrong was an international hero. a seven time-tour de france winner, the usain bolt of his sport. not to mention a public face in the fight against cancer. yet in his confessional last night with oprah, he confessed only what was obvious to anyone who wanted to see it, that he doped throughout his cycling career. but armstrong did not admit to cheating, denied he was a doping ringleader, didn't admit to bullying, and seemed emotionally incapable of sympathy for the people whose lives he ruined and money he took when they tried to do nothing more than tell the truth about what he had done. joining me is "the daily beast's" buzz bissinger and sports editor for "the nation" dave zirin. buzz, in august of 2012, just five months ago, you wrote a cover story for "newsweek" entitled "i still believe in lance armstrong," and yet last night his interview with oprah winfrey began with a series of yes and no questions. >> did you ever take banned substances to enhance your cycling performance? >> yes. >> yes or no, was one of t
no, lance armstrong was an international hero. a seven time-tour de france winner, the usain bolt of his sport. not to mention a public face in the fight against cancer. yet in his confessional last night with oprah, he confessed only what was obvious to anyone who wanted to see it, that he doped throughout his cycling career. but armstrong did not admit to cheating, denied he was a doping ringleader, didn't admit to bullying, and seemed emotionally incapable of sympathy for the people whose...
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lance armstrong is part owner of the bike shop. seven yellow jerseys hang on the wall back here, become a popular spot in downtown austin over the last few years but there's a lot of distancing going on, the livestrong foundation trying to make its own way without lance armstrong's footprint. it's how he confesses and body language, someone who hasn't been contrite over the last few years as he's battled the people who criticized him and accused him of using performance-enhancing drugs he has to flip that image 180 degrees. >> ed lavandera, thank you. reed albregotti writer for "the wall street journal," has an article about the timing >> good morning, thanks for having me. >> there are a lot of details we don't know about what he's told oprah and the quality of the confession i think is going to be really relevant in all of this. talk to me about the timing. >> it was last option, what our story said today was that he had a meeting with the u.s. anti-doping agency in the hopes, that's the agency that stripped him of his tour de fr
lance armstrong is part owner of the bike shop. seven yellow jerseys hang on the wall back here, become a popular spot in downtown austin over the last few years but there's a lot of distancing going on, the livestrong foundation trying to make its own way without lance armstrong's footprint. it's how he confesses and body language, someone who hasn't been contrite over the last few years as he's battled the people who criticized him and accused him of using performance-enhancing drugs he has...
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how about lance armstrong? has he lost it all? totally ruined? >> i so very little emotion last night. i watched the whole thing. did you achieve for all seven titles? was it all a lie? yes, yes, yes. it was all a lie. when asked, would you be here now if you did not try to come back, he said: no, i would not be back. that man who is worth 125 to $10, think, i think he loses it all. all the little people he insulted along the way, personally, they want some revenge. i do not see anything good coming out from him, unless he needed to clear the air, which he let us know if you would not be there if it was not for the fact that he had to come clean because he had nowhere else to go. stuart: you see, brian, it is the financial angle. it is the money. that is what it is all about. >> it is. i do understand that. if you play a sport in america like soccer, you do not do it for the money. now caught the word is, at 41 years old, he wants to clear the air to be free to run triathlons. i am not sure. there is a part of him that is so competitive. he just
how about lance armstrong? has he lost it all? totally ruined? >> i so very little emotion last night. i watched the whole thing. did you achieve for all seven titles? was it all a lie? yes, yes, yes. it was all a lie. when asked, would you be here now if you did not try to come back, he said: no, i would not be back. that man who is worth 125 to $10, think, i think he loses it all. all the little people he insulted along the way, personally, they want some revenge. i do not see anything...
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lance armstrong is spinning his wheels. he might have hung up his bike, but he is forever going to be on the hook for lawsuits that are piling up. he could be paying a lot more than he ever thought. how much more? well, let's check in with our guest attorney. what do you think? >> i think he's looking at tens of millions of dollars as. the beginning of this year. then we are going to see teammates come forward and say defamation not to mention the sunday times and endorsers. they have have party decided this is welcome as well they should. neil: someone told me he is worth about $100 billion. >> i am going to defend the indefensible here. let's start with the post office. obviously he did exactly what the contract said. there is a morality clause, which may bring him into trouble, but in terms of figures that show that he was being sponsored by the post office -- >> it is the essential term. >> well, he's going to say that i wrote it. >> he has to fill the term of the contract. >> the sponsors, i think, he has a better shot
lance armstrong is spinning his wheels. he might have hung up his bike, but he is forever going to be on the hook for lawsuits that are piling up. he could be paying a lot more than he ever thought. how much more? well, let's check in with our guest attorney. what do you think? >> i think he's looking at tens of millions of dollars as. the beginning of this year. then we are going to see teammates come forward and say defamation not to mention the sunday times and endorsers. they have...
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a lance armstrong. i also feel there is an accountability by the legal advisers that he has. my opinion is they knew full well he was using performance-enhancing drugs and fraud when he filed the declarations as a part of the lawsuits. i don't know what is more damaging. is it the fact that he used the drugs and competing against other athletes or a cover up in the damage he caused to all those people there after. >> when you see where we are today with the possibility that he will be admitting doping, do you think he can redeem himself? >> the longer that you lie and carry on like this, as an example, marion jones lied for about an eight-year period. everyone remembers her crying and weeping. when i looked at marion, i saw her children and mother and i realized they didn't lie and cheat. they didn't do anything wrong, yet they suffered tremendously. i didn't think it through. i'm not so sure lance armstrong thought it through. it wasn't until i got into a prison camp and my members came to visit and i
a lance armstrong. i also feel there is an accountability by the legal advisers that he has. my opinion is they knew full well he was using performance-enhancing drugs and fraud when he filed the declarations as a part of the lawsuits. i don't know what is more damaging. is it the fact that he used the drugs and competing against other athletes or a cover up in the damage he caused to all those people there after. >> when you see where we are today with the possibility that he will be...
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what my theory is behind this entire really weird story, behind this hoax, lance armstrong. i'm obviously kidding. >> what? >> i'm obviously kidding, but my point is this. first of all, funny to see how much attention has been taken off lance armstrong this week by this manti te'o story, but my serious point is that you look at the issue of trust of sports stars. right? in the same week we've got lance armstrong, who we obviously, people trusted him for a decade or more and were inspired by, and now he's turned out to be nothing but a giant hoax and a sham. right? and we've got manti te'o who was a victim of a hoax possibly, but we're having a hard time believing that. i think stories like lance armstrong are part of why we're having such a hard time believing manti te'o could have been a victim. >> yeah. other than the lance armstrong theory, which you know we're kidding about, he did say that two guys and a girl are responsible for the whole thing. hoop is he talking about? >> well, he's talking about a guy named tuiasosopo. ronaiah tuiasosopo, a high school athlete in cal
what my theory is behind this entire really weird story, behind this hoax, lance armstrong. i'm obviously kidding. >> what? >> i'm obviously kidding, but my point is this. first of all, funny to see how much attention has been taken off lance armstrong this week by this manti te'o story, but my serious point is that you look at the issue of trust of sports stars. right? in the same week we've got lance armstrong, who we obviously, people trusted him for a decade or more and were...
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jeff gardere on lance armstrong's strange apology. and the psychology of a liar. >>> donald trump tries to return fire in his twitter fight with deadspin and hilarity ensues. and it's do or die time for the filibuster reform in the senate, and harry reid and the democrats i think are dropping the ball. >> as women learn less than men for the same jobs, time in the senate ticks by. >> larry cohen and the communication workers of america joins me for the discussion. what are you doing? nothing. are you stealing our daughter's school supplies and taking them to work? no, i was just looking for my stapler and my... this thing. i save money by using fedex ground and buy my own supplies. that's a great idea. i'm going to go... we got clients in today. [ male announcer ] save on ground shipping at fedex office. [ male announcer ] save on ground shipping [ female announcer ] some people like to pretend a flood could never happen to them. and that their homeowners insurance protects them. [ thunder crashes ] it doesn't. stop pretending. only f
jeff gardere on lance armstrong's strange apology. and the psychology of a liar. >>> donald trump tries to return fire in his twitter fight with deadspin and hilarity ensues. and it's do or die time for the filibuster reform in the senate, and harry reid and the democrats i think are dropping the ball. >> as women learn less than men for the same jobs, time in the senate ticks by. >> larry cohen and the communication workers of america joins me for the discussion. what are...
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live armstrong, lance armstrong i should say, livestrong, i get confused. reportedly lance confessed to doping during an interview with oprah winfrey. our panel discusses the potential fallout. >>> british airways employee was sent home from work because she wouldn't take off a cross she wears around her neck. a judge weighs in. the feel fallout on that just ahead. jon: european court ruling that a british airways, i'm sorry, that british airways discriminated against a devout christian employee. she sued the airline after she was sent home from work for refusing to remove a cruisesy fix she wears around her neck. amy kellogg has the story live from london. what happened, amy. >> reporter: the european court of human rights ruled she should be able to wear the cross. it is being cled a landmark ruling there has been a lot of debate across the continent and the hijab, the forms of muslim veil but there is first time there has been a controversy about christian religious symbols on a personal level at least. it has park ad great debate here in the u.k. about
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. >> reporter: lance armstrong was emotional but not tearful. apologetic but not contrite. in an exclusive interview on own, armstrong admitted to oprah winfrey what had long been been suspected. >> in all seven of your tour de france victories did you ever take banned substances or blood dope? >> yes. >> reporter: he said he started doping in the mid-'90s before he had cancer. the cocktail was the blood buster epo, transfusions and testosterone all banned and denied by him for years until this interview. >> it's too late for probably most people. and that's my fault. you know, i view this situation as one big lie. that i repeated a lot of times. >> reporter: a lie that over the 90-minute program he made clear was contrary to his real attitude about doping. >> did it feel wrong? >> at the time? >> uh-huh. >> no. >> it did not even feel wrong? >> no. scary. >> did you feel bad about it? >> no. even scarier. >> did you feel in any way that you were cheating? >> no. the scariest. >> reporter: performance-enhancing drugs, he said, were part of the sport like air in the rider's
. >> reporter: lance armstrong was emotional but not tearful. apologetic but not contrite. in an exclusive interview on own, armstrong admitted to oprah winfrey what had long been been suspected. >> in all seven of your tour de france victories did you ever take banned substances or blood dope? >> yes. >> reporter: he said he started doping in the mid-'90s before he had cancer. the cocktail was the blood buster epo, transfusions and testosterone all banned and denied by...
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number one, lance armstrong was always wanting to dabble in politics. we did a forum with him in 2007 with the livestrong foundation. i remember we had this debate, hey, you know, who are we doing this with? lance or the foundation? the foundation we were more comfortable with than lance, because you never knew when this day was going to come. >> i think this story has gotten so many traction because he was seen as one of the good guys. >> right. the austin guy. >> loved by everyone there, and lance armstrong, in sports sometimes you have the bad guys, the people you want to root against. when you see steroid allegations or doping, you say that's par for the course, particularly with the livestrong foundation he was seen as one of the good guys. >>> he wants to compete, he's trying to save his legacy in a way. this is a man who bullied ruined other people. what he did to greg lamont or accused him or what he did to other whistle blowers, this is not a good person. >> i think it's next to impossible to rehabilitate his image. >> politicians that got invo
number one, lance armstrong was always wanting to dabble in politics. we did a forum with him in 2007 with the livestrong foundation. i remember we had this debate, hey, you know, who are we doing this with? lance or the foundation? the foundation we were more comfortable with than lance, because you never knew when this day was going to come. >> i think this story has gotten so many traction because he was seen as one of the good guys. >> right. the austin guy. >> loved by...
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lance armstrong is finally coming clean, confessing to oprah winfrey. in the interview, oprah says the confession was not exactly what she expected. >> i would say he did not come clean in the manner that i expected. it was surprising to me, i would say that for myself, my team, all of us in the room, we were mesmerized and riveted by some of his answers. i would say that he met the moment. at the end of it, literally 2 1/2 hours, we both were pretty exhausted. >> so how will his fall from grace and this confession affect the future of one of the greatest cyclists ever? nbc sports and speaking sports radio hose rob sim care -- is it for forgiveness or strictly because he wants to compete. >> the question is, why now? he had many over opportunities to confession to what he had been doing, most likely the answer is there's something for him to gain, which is namely being able to compete in triathlons, other sports governed by the world antidoping agency. he was banned for life for competing in any events governed by this antidoping agency, and confessing
lance armstrong is finally coming clean, confessing to oprah winfrey. in the interview, oprah says the confession was not exactly what she expected. >> i would say he did not come clean in the manner that i expected. it was surprising to me, i would say that for myself, my team, all of us in the room, we were mesmerized and riveted by some of his answers. i would say that he met the moment. at the end of it, literally 2 1/2 hours, we both were pretty exhausted. >> so how will his...
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. >> brown: we have more on the fallout after lance armstrong's admission that he used performance-enhancing drugs to build his championship career. >> suarez: plus, mark shields and david brooks analyze the week's news. >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> bnsf railway. >> support also comes from carnegie corporation of new york, a foundation created to do what andrew carnegie called "real and permanent good." celebrating 100 years of philanthropy at carnegie.org. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and friends of the newshour. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> brown: information trickled out today about the siege of a natural gas plant in algeria. there was word that one american hostage had been killed, but a definitive accounting of all the captives remained elusive. at the same time, the algerians allowed the world to see pictures of some who'd been r
. >> brown: we have more on the fallout after lance armstrong's admission that he used performance-enhancing drugs to build his championship career. >> suarez: plus, mark shields and david brooks analyze the week's news. >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> bnsf railway. >> support also comes from carnegie corporation of new york, a foundation created to do what andrew carnegie called...
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. >> brown: we have more on the fallout after lance armstrong's admission that he used performance-enhancing drugs to build his championship career. >> suarez: plus, mark shields and david brooks analyze the week's news. >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> bnsf railway. >> support also comes from carnegie corporation of new york, a foundation created to do what andrew carnegie called "real and permanent good." celebrating 100 years of philanthropy at carnegie.org. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and friends of the newshour. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> brown: information trickled out today about the siege of a natural gas plant in algeria. there was word that one american hostage had been killed, but a definitive accounting of all the captives remained elusive. at the same time, the algerians allowed the world to see pictures of some who'd been r
. >> brown: we have more on the fallout after lance armstrong's admission that he used performance-enhancing drugs to build his championship career. >> suarez: plus, mark shields and david brooks analyze the week's news. >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> bnsf railway. >> support also comes from carnegie corporation of new york, a foundation created to do what andrew carnegie called...
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i believed new, lance armstrong. i shelled out $1 for a rubber bracelet that i have somewhere in my house for you. i did it for you! and when i think of the fact that i spent a dollar -- well i think we all owe cancer an apology. >> good morning. i'm bill karins. this is "way too early," the show that has been anxiously running to the mail box for weeks hoping for an invitation to an inaugural ball. only five days left we accepted our fate and put our tux back in the closet. thafrpgss f thanks for waking up with us. there is a new proposal on gun control set to be unveiled by the white house. the nra launches the latest tone deaf attack. this time the group is going after the president himself. plus, more trouble for boeing's 787. a dream liner in japan forced to make an emergency landing. now the entire fleet grounded. we'll tell what you that means for the boeing company straight ahead. >>> also, a minor winter storm causing major travel issues this morning especially in new england. first, let's get to our top sto
i believed new, lance armstrong. i shelled out $1 for a rubber bracelet that i have somewhere in my house for you. i did it for you! and when i think of the fact that i spent a dollar -- well i think we all owe cancer an apology. >> good morning. i'm bill karins. this is "way too early," the show that has been anxiously running to the mail box for weeks hoping for an invitation to an inaugural ball. only five days left we accepted our fate and put our tux back in the closet....
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lance armstrong could face ruinous lawsuits after his confession to doping. jim axelrod reports. john miller has a rare look inside f.b.i. intelligence as it prepares for next week's inauguration. >> reporter: so what are the threats to this inauguration? >> pelley: and steve hartman "on the road" with two coworkers who thought they had nothing in common until he told his stories of battles long ago. >> he's someone that i will never forget. i will tell my kids his stories. i'll tell anybody his stories that want to listen. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. one american has been killed in that hostage standoff in algeria. frederick butaccio was an employee of the oil company b.p. we don't know how he died but u.s. got sources tell us his body has been recovered. a top official says tonight that at least six americans have survived but others have still being held. u.s. military transport planes landed near the scene and evacuated survivors. some of them described as lightly wounded. all of this is playing out at
lance armstrong could face ruinous lawsuits after his confession to doping. jim axelrod reports. john miller has a rare look inside f.b.i. intelligence as it prepares for next week's inauguration. >> reporter: so what are the threats to this inauguration? >> pelley: and steve hartman "on the road" with two coworkers who thought they had nothing in common until he told his stories of battles long ago. >> he's someone that i will never forget. i will tell my kids his...
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the week-long buzz around one- time cycling king lance armstrong came to a head last night in a series of rapid-fire confessions. >> yes or no, did you ever take banned substances to enhance your cycling performance? >> yes. >> yes or no, was one of those banned substances e.p.o.? >> yes. >> did you ever blood-dope or use blood transfusions to enhance your cycling performance? >> yes. >> suarez: in the interview with oprah winfrey, armstrong not only admitted to doping, but said cheating was just part of competing. >> was it humanly possible to win the tour de france without doping, seven times in a row? >> not in my opinion. i didn't invent the culture, but i didn't try to stop the culture. >> suarez: armstrong was stripped of his seven tour de france titles last year after the u.s. anti-doping agency accused him of masterminding an elaborate doping scheme. but until now, he had steadfastly and repeatedly denied the allegations. >> we have nothing to hide. we have nothing to run from. i never used drugs. >> suarez: anyone who suggested otherwise was attacked by armstrong and his allie
the week-long buzz around one- time cycling king lance armstrong came to a head last night in a series of rapid-fire confessions. >> yes or no, did you ever take banned substances to enhance your cycling performance? >> yes. >> yes or no, was one of those banned substances e.p.o.? >> yes. >> did you ever blood-dope or use blood transfusions to enhance your cycling performance? >> yes. >> suarez: in the interview with oprah winfrey, armstrong not only...
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. >> i'm sure you all have heard that lance armstrong admitted to oprah winfrey that he used performance-enhancing drugs. armstrong's former teammate and whistleblower filed a lawsuit in 2010 claiming that armstrong defrauded the government by taking sponsorship money from the u.s. postal service. the justice department has until thursday to decide whether or not it wants to join the lawsuit. "politico" reports that the postal service gave armstrong's cycling people more than $30 million. if armstrong loses the lawsuit against him, he could be required to pay three times that amount. landes filed the suit on behalf of the government. there is a lot of reason to dislike wal-mart but they are doing some good today. it plans to hire every veteran who wants a job as long as he or she left the military in this past year and was honorably discharged. we're back after the break. stay with us. ♪ right have, about the "heavy hand of government" ... i want to have that conversation. let's talk about it. really? you're going to lay people off because now the government is going to help you fund your health
. >> i'm sure you all have heard that lance armstrong admitted to oprah winfrey that he used performance-enhancing drugs. armstrong's former teammate and whistleblower filed a lawsuit in 2010 claiming that armstrong defrauded the government by taking sponsorship money from the u.s. postal service. the justice department has until thursday to decide whether or not it wants to join the lawsuit. "politico" reports that the postal service gave armstrong's cycling people more than...
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armstrong exceeded $30 million, or the treble damages -- >> by the way, lance armstrong is the least of the post office's problems. >> major financial problems, yes, sir. >> i do wonder how other sponsors and other people are going to come out and say, you lied, and you did me harm. what will be the definition of harm done where you, for example, you take up a client's case. >> you're tarnished. you supported lance armstrong and believed in him, and in your contract it said there was an antidoping clause or a moral clause. we want to attach our brand with good, upstanding citizens, not drug addicts and that's what their argument is going to be. >> they're going to argue interior back, a lot of them would want to dissort themselves. >> a lot of people invested in him. there's been settlements to prove he didn't dope, to protect him. there was a libel suit -- >> people raised money -- >> of course. it's ridiculous. >> he is supposedly worth $100 million. i also know he took out a home equity loan on one 0 of his homes for a million dollars. so he is obviously preparing for michigan. ho
armstrong exceeded $30 million, or the treble damages -- >> by the way, lance armstrong is the least of the post office's problems. >> major financial problems, yes, sir. >> i do wonder how other sponsors and other people are going to come out and say, you lied, and you did me harm. what will be the definition of harm done where you, for example, you take up a client's case. >> you're tarnished. you supported lance armstrong and believed in him, and in your contract it...
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you describe lance armstrong as "the enforcer." pretty tough stuff.us >> serious business. the evidence was serious.or >> reporter: why did you use those words.s. what let you to describe in the that way? it reads like a mafia conspiracy. >> scott, we heard the evidence. we heard the store freeze the athletes. and it's supported, without question, every allegation we put in that letter that obviously now has been shown to be true. >> pelley: and so when lancece armstrong essentially threw new the towel after all of this you were surprised?not not surprised? >> not surprised. again we were disappointed he didn't come in and be part of the solution. it's one of the lowest days inho this investigation, quite honestly. but we knew when he rejectedtu that opportunity for redemption and to be part of this solution at that time that this was his only option to avoid all thisce evidence from ever coming through in open court. >> pelley: if you had any opportunity to have that meetingst with lance armstrong, you could h say one thing to him, what would it be?s >> it's never too late
you describe lance armstrong as "the enforcer." pretty tough stuff.us >> serious business. the evidence was serious.or >> reporter: why did you use those words.s. what let you to describe in the that way? it reads like a mafia conspiracy. >> scott, we heard the evidence. we heard the store freeze the athletes. and it's supported, without question, every allegation we put in that letter that obviously now has been shown to be true. >> pelley: and so when lancece...
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lance armstrong prepares to tell all to oprah and america's bravest on the move. with so much noise about health care... i tuned it all out. with unitedhealthcare, i get information that matters... my individual health profile. not random statistics. they even reward me for addressing my health risks. so i'm doing fine... but she's still going to give me a heart attack. we're more than 78,000 people looking out for more than 70 million americans. that's health in numbers. unitedhealthcare....
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let's go back 2004, 2005, 2007, look how adamant that lance armstrong is in his denials. look at this. >> we're sick and tired of these allegations and do everything we can to fight them. they're absolutely untrue. (inaudible) >> that was on my death bed, do you think i was going to come back in a sport and say, doctor give me everything you have you've got i want to go fast, no way. >> sean: he went hard and furious after people and apparently now not a full mea culpa. what are your thoughts? what should happen to him from here. >> keep denying from the oj trial and on. we've seen it with politicians that commit wrongdoings yet they continue to do it and continue to hang on and i think money should be given back, i mean, if he's worth all those hundreds of million dollars, rightfully the organization should be the one that benefits from it. i don't know that the postal service needs anymore advertising, i mean, they can't keep the postal service working as it is. and profit making organization. let the organization have it, livestrong is a beautiful organization that hel
let's go back 2004, 2005, 2007, look how adamant that lance armstrong is in his denials. look at this. >> we're sick and tired of these allegations and do everything we can to fight them. they're absolutely untrue. (inaudible) >> that was on my death bed, do you think i was going to come back in a sport and say, doctor give me everything you have you've got i want to go fast, no way. >> sean: he went hard and furious after people and apparently now not a full mea culpa. what...
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we saw this remarkable i guess we call it a confession from lance armstrong this week. 2 1/2 hours with oprah winfrey. here's a part of it. >> did it feel wrong? >> no. scary. >> did you feel bad about it? no. even scarier. >> did you feel in any way that you were cheating? >> no. the scariest. >> not a lot of contrition there. >> the rewards of athletic excellence in this country are astonishingly high and therefore the temptation to cheat is astonishingly high and we see it throughout -- we've seen it in track and field probably more than any other. baseball has had its problem. you can't tell me the people in football don't look that way without human growth and hormones and steroids. it's a pandemic problem and the country is wide awake to it now. every time this happens someone says the loss of innocence. who is innocent? i mean -- >> he was such a bully about it. i mean all those years of saying, no, no, and suing people and all of that. no, it's just -- it's so outrageous. it's sort of another whole level of outrageousness. >> you know, i know lance. i've been to lance's house. i
we saw this remarkable i guess we call it a confession from lance armstrong this week. 2 1/2 hours with oprah winfrey. here's a part of it. >> did it feel wrong? >> no. scary. >> did you feel bad about it? no. even scarier. >> did you feel in any way that you were cheating? >> no. the scariest. >> not a lot of contrition there. >> the rewards of athletic excellence in this country are astonishingly high and therefore the temptation to cheat is...
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and we're going to start with lance armstrong's denial. phil says he knew long before lance ever talked to oprah that lance was lying and here is in part some of the untrue denials. >> we're sick and tired of these allegations and we're going to do everything we can to fight them. they're absolutely untrue. >> and-- i'm sorry for you, i'm sorry you don't believe in miracles. >> i was on my death bed, do you think i'm going to come back into the store, okay, doctor, give me everything you've got i want to go fast, no way, i'm never going to do that. >> what's the tell. >> and one you notice that they have a tendency to attack people. when people are backed into a corner and not telling the truth, what they often resort to, impeach the credibility of the person who is either asking the questions or making the allegation, and lance unfortunately has a constant-- consistent history of doing that and the other behavior, the facts are not my alley and what might i say. convince mode, statements convincing, for example, geez, i was on my death be
and we're going to start with lance armstrong's denial. phil says he knew long before lance ever talked to oprah that lance was lying and here is in part some of the untrue denials. >> we're sick and tired of these allegations and we're going to do everything we can to fight them. they're absolutely untrue. >> and-- i'm sorry for you, i'm sorry you don't believe in miracles. >> i was on my death bed, do you think i'm going to come back into the store, okay, doctor, give me...